Mark sat behind the counter munching on some funny little berries and gorging himself on all the unpopular flavors.

A large banner strung across the entryway read:
Happy Sweetest day!
Free Miracle Berries with every purchase.
Make EVERYTHING taste sweet for your sweetie.
(goes great with dandelion!)

The chalk board held the flavors of the day, as

When not serving customers, Mark was deeply engrossed in several books about Taxes.

His annoyance at having to deal with the paperwork was tempered by his delight at the sizable dent that had been made in the Dandelion tubs. Much more of this and he might have to start paying Cassie some dividends. Or at least increase her stock grant.

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Mark had been taking pictures of all the ambrosia shareholders for a series of online holiday card which he was just now getting around to sending out. Different people got different cards.

He also burned a few mini DVDs to give to people he didn't have email addresses for.

( Some people got this one... )

As it had every night since he had dreamt about having his brain removed, Mark's dream began the same....

Mark's view of the room was distorted by the bubbles rising up from the bottom of -- and the curvature of the glass walls  that made up -- the jar he found himself in.  He saw his body sitting leaning over a table peering at a map.  After a ( Read more... )

Mark drifted off to sleep, thinking pleasant thoughts about being reunited with his girlfriend.

Mark flung open the door and was immediately swept up by a blur of pink and blonde into a glorious embrace.  He buried his face in her hair breathing in that so well remembered scent, strawberries and peaches and woman and above all, Kareen.

They ( Read more... )

Mark lay on the floor surrounded by teetering piles of bug butter tubs, panting slightly.

He wasn't sure exactly why he had let Gorge go so completely and for so long.  Usually it took a lot more to provoke that effect, but Howl was thankful for it, whatever the cause.  In any case, Gorge was finally full and slumbering and Howl was grumpily ( Read more... )

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